Jean ma ie



Qxciizr...

GUERANDE, FRANCE.

Letters 'mrnovnn Patent No. 95,036, dated September 21, 1869.

Postman FOR use m rmn-nxa-momsnnns.

The Schedule reierred to in these Letters iatent and making part of the-same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JEAN MARIE Mu'runsn and HENRI -GUIBERT on Ysnonr, be h of Gurande, in the department of the Loire lnfrienre, in the Emuire ofFrance, have inVented A-A Novel Liquefiable Gompound Substance, to be Used forl hiiguishing Fires and we do hereby declare that the following is a full and exactdescription thereof.

The nature of our invention ronsi" in a novel and practical amjlication of the WQli--l-;i1i3\!l1 fire-extinguishing property ofchlorhydric gas.

Our novel compound substance is obtaii'led ina pulvernlent form, and we term i lia -extinguishing powder, or anti-flame. It is or ctly soluble in water, and its composition is principally based upon the utilization of the residuum oi r marshes, or pits, and particularly of the mother-waters, taking, as far as practicable, only the chloride oi'ina;u1esiuin; which they contain, (the sulphates of magnesia and of, soda,

which enter into their composition, not yielding thedesired gas;) but this chlorii'le, not being very manageable commercially, we have "found it necessary to associate it with the outer. part of the residuum of salt-marshes capable of absorbing also, with the re-. fuse (itself very chloritie) obtained ing of the crystallizing basins of sal:

Composition of Our Novel Liqvr frfifc Compound Substance, or Flamc-Exiingaishing Fowler. The component parts of our compound substance are:

Magnesian alunlinous' silicates, from salt-marshes, in a very fine powder, and dried at a heat of 212 fliahrenheitf seven hundred by weight.

Chloride of magnesium, in crystals, two hundred parts by weight.

Sulphate of soda, fifty parts by we ght.

Chloride of lime, fifty parts by weig it.

Tartaric acid,'one part by weight.

Total, one thousand and one parts by. weight;

The proportions given are obese which we'prefer, but they are necessarily variable with the strength of the ingredients and of the product sought.

. The above-enumerated ingredients are first pill V61 ized, and then mixed together by ordinaryand wellknown means, the compound substance being deliv-- ered to com merce in powder, and in casksotfrom two to twenty humlred-weight, and in packets of from two to twenty pounds, or in the form of cartridges.

Application and Action of Our Flurue-Extinguishing UGMPOR'IUZ.

the inilarnmability of whichis actually favored by the applicationof water in its natural state.

The addition of our fire-extinguishing powder, or anti-flame, rendering the water more efficacious, less is required for extinguishing a fire--a great advantage Where the water-supply is limited or procured with difiiculty, and in every case a great saving of time and labor.

One ton of our compound substance in fifteen tons of water will be as efficacious as one hundred and fifty tons of water without such addition.

\Vhat we claim as our invention, and desire to secnre by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The within described fire-extinguishing compound, in the form of dry powder, adapted for ready diffusion and quick solution in water, composed of the combination of ingredients, and in about; thc pr0 [port-ions herein set forth.

2. The cartridge herein described, composed of the within-described autiphlogistic powder,'or its equivalent.

JJM. MUTEBSE.

\Vituesses: H. GUIBERT DE VALORY J. Haia'rnn, of Gumnde. 'lLnn PIE'ERA SANTA, of Gurande.

The effect of y 

